Silly Season may be close to being wrapped up in the NASCAR Cup Series, but the NASCAR Xfinity Series still has a lot to work out. Well, the dominos started falling on Thursday.

The long rumored approach that Riley Herbst will be taking his funding to Stewart-Haas Racing got halfway there. Herbst, was replaced by Daniel Hemric for the No. 18 Toyota in the series in 2021. Hemric, leaves the part time role from JR Motorsports to which he drove 21 races in the No. 8 Chevrolet this past season. He closed the year with four top five finishes in the final five races.

Now, Hemric joins a team capable of winning a championship. JGR has been stout in Xfinity Series competition over the year as this is Hemric’s best shot at redefining his career.

The North Carolina native was solid in two years in the Truck Series between 2015 and 2016. He finished seventh and sixth respectively in points. He moved up to RCR for two Xfinity Series season in 2017 and 2018. He made the Championship 4 both years. That propelled him to a Cup ride in 2019 to where he won Rookie of the Year.

But, RCR also signed Tyler Reddick and he won the NXS title in 2019 and needed to move him up. So, he took Hemric’s seat and Hemric was demoted back to NXS with a part time role with JRM. He’s still not won a NASCAR race over his career, but going to JGR in this ride, that will likely end in 2021.

Herbst, can take his money and replace Chase Briscoe with SHR. Officials with SHR have said that they intend to keep their NXS operation going even with Cole Custer and Briscoe up to Cup now. Herbst, was long rumored to do this and it now appears to be coming to fruition.

Also on Thursday, Brett Moffitt and Our Motorsports announced that they’ll team up full time in 2021. Moffitt, ran all but four races for the team in 2020 and looks to grow with this organization for their future. He will give up his seat with GMS Racing in order to pursue this future as he’s made the Championship 4 in all three years of his Truck Series return. He won the championship in 2018.

There’s still more to come too.